Windsor Process

Fulcrum Response to the 2007 Advent Letter of the Archbishop of Canterbury

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Fulcrum Response to the 2007 Advent Letter of the Archbishop of Canterbury We welcome this careful, decisive articulation of the mind of the Anglican Communion and the Archbishop’s key new initiative of forming a small coordinating body of Primates and others. In particular we appreciate the: Three-fold common acknowledgement on Scripture, Ministry and Mission: we ‘stand under … Continue Reading

The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion: An Appraisal at a Time of Waiting

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by Christopher Seitz In his lectures delivered at Wycliffe College, Toronto, last month, Ephraim Radner has given an historical account of conciliarism and has described how Anglicanism developed over time a set of Instruments intending to maintain unity of faith in the light of missionary expansion and the emergence of nations in the New World … Continue Reading

New Orleans September 2007

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Half Empty? Half Full? Too Little? Too Late? by Andrew Goddard part 2 (click here for part 1) II.B – Alternative Provision and External Interventions Episcopal Visitors The HoB here affirms a plan from the Presiding Bishop (still not published in full and so difficult to evaluate) ‘to appoint Episcopal visitors for dioceses that request … Continue Reading

The Anglican Communion after New Orleans and the Joint Standing Committee Report

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As many predicted, some hopefully and some fearfully, the Joint Standing Committee (JSC) have given a positive assessment of the response of the The Episcopal Church’s (TEC) House of Bishops to the Primates’ Questions from Dar Es Salaam. In particular, in relation to the two key requests concerning TEC’s response to The Windsor Report (TWR), … Continue Reading

Half Empty? Half Full? Too Little? Too Late?

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An analysis of the Response to the Primates by TEC HoB

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Fulcrum Response to the Statement from the House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church

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Fulcrum Response to the Statement from the House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church New Orleans, 25 September 2007 We believe that the response from the House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church to the three central questions asked by the Primates’ Meeting in Dar es Salaam has been ‘yes, no, and no’: Yes to … Continue Reading

Fulcrum Comparative Study of Statements From Dar es Salaam and New Orleans

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Fulcrum Comparative Study of Statements From Dar es Salaam and New Orleans The House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church USA met in New Orleans, 20-25 September 2007. They had been asked to respond to the communiqué of the Primates’ Meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 15-19 February 2007. The following notes are a summary … Continue Reading

The Edge: The Episcopal Church, September 2007 – Fulcrum Newsletter 16 – September 2007

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The notes in the text are hyperlinked into the end notes; to return to the text, click on the end note number Dear Fulcrum Friends, ‘Edge’ has several meanings, literal and figurative. These include, ‘sharpened side of blade’, ‘brink of a precipice’, ‘critical position or moment’ and ‘boundary line’. When people are ‘on edge’ they are … Continue Reading

The Common Cause of a Common Light

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The movement towards a separated North American Anglican church, aligned perhaps with one part of the Anglican Communion and not another, appears to be gaining steam. The focus of the Anglican Communion Network’s official leadership has shifted perceptibly towards this goal, overtly transferring its energies from its work as a coalition of American traditionalist bishops … Continue Reading